How do you define a classic?
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Re: How do you define a classic?
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More plot-driven genre fiction that uses language in a more functional way to serve the plot -- I would not consider those novels to be potential classics. I also think it takes the passage of time to judge what a period's classics are. You have to remove Dickens' work from the basic reality that he wrote them while being paid by the word or the line to begin to see their potential for greatness.
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Age and popularity.
Because we tend to think classic is a cohort that separates 'old book A' from 'classic book' B, it has to do with popularity.
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What do you think? Please feel welcome to add points that I may have missed!
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Indubitably.
He touched on the most valid common traits of classic novels:
Language
Originality
Freshness
Seminal
Longetivity
Eternal truths & grand themes
Identity
Ultimately, books that stand the test of time.
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